Star charts of Oman

Contenu

Titre

Star charts of Oman

Auteur

Nash, Harriet

Agius, Dionisius A.

Date

2013

Dans

Sources and approaches across disciplines in Near Eastern studies: proceedings of the 24th congress, Union Européenne des Arabisants et Islamisants, Leipzig 2008

Résumé

An overview of the Falaj systems and timing of water shares, followed by an explanation of the provenance of the only three documents related to the practice of star gazing found (all from the 20th century) and a discussion of their application and significance.

Editeur

Peeters

Place

Leuven

Sujet

Navigation -- Oman

Langue

eng

rédacteur

Klemm, Verena

Alshaar, Nuha A.

pages

479-490

ISBN

978-90-429-2558-8

Source

Fonds Martin Custers

Ibadica